Early Childhood Studies with Graduate Practitioner Competencies with a Foundation Year at Birmingham City University
Early Childhood Studies with Graduate Practitioner Competencies with a Foundation Year (BA (Hons), X32F) at Birmingham City University: UCAS’s course data does not show an entry requirement for 2027 entry yet. The middle entrant to the subject here had 96–111 UCAS points.
UCAS listing ↗ Course page on bcu.ac.uk ↗
Entry requirement
Not in UCAS’s data yet
UCAS’s course search data does not include one for 2027 yet, though the university may have published it. Check bcu.ac.uk’s course page ↗ or the UCAS listing ↗.
Who actually got in
Entrants’ UCAS pointsSubject at this uni
Entrants hereUK, same subject
The middle entrant had 96–111 points.
45 entrants · 2024-25 · HESA rounds to 5%
Came in with A-levels or Highers 82%, an Access course 7%, other higher education 7%.
Course
- Award
- Bachelor of Arts (with Honours)
- Code
- X32F · X3 education studies
- Duration
- 4 years
- Mode
- Full-time
- Starts
- September 2027
- Entry
- Foundation
- Year
- 2027
- Foundation year
- built in
Student experience
After the first yearSubject at this uni
81%
still studying
UK 77%
17%
left higher education
UK 15%
2%
moved to a lower award
UK 2%
65 students · started 2023-24
National Student SurveySubject at this uni
% positiveHereUKTeaching on my course95%93%
Learning opportunities97%94%
Assessment and feedback96%93%
Academic support96%92%
Organisation and management86%90%
Learning resources90%91%
Student voice93%88%
40 final-year students · 78% responded · NSS 2025-26
After graduating
SalaryWider subject at this uni
15 months£27.5k3 years£26k5 years£27.5k
£10k£20k£30k£40k
middle halfmedianUK, same subject
15 months: survey of 40 graduates, 2023-24 · 3 and 5 years: tax records, 2016-18 graduates
15 months onWider subject at this uni
66% working9% working and studying6% studying9% unemployed10% other
UK, same subject: 88% in work or study
67%
in professional or managerial jobs
UK 75%
95%
say their work is meaningful
UK 95%
80%
use what they learned
UK 85%
- Welfare Professionals34%
- Teaching and Childcare Support Occupation16%
- Welfare and housing associate professionals11%
- Teaching Professionals9%
- Administrative occupations6%
Graduate Outcomes survey · 100 graduates · 57% responded · 2023-24
Source: Discover Uni dataset, HESA (CC BY 4.0), summarised for display.
Location
- Campus
- Birmingham, West Midlands, England
- Postcode
- B15 3TN
Subjects
early childhood studies social sciences
Campus
- Campus
- City South Campus
- Housing
- Accommodation ↗
- Union
- Students' union ↗
Childhood and youth studies at other universities
One course at each of 10 universities. Middle entrant: the UCAS points of the middle student who started, from Discover Uni.
| University | Course | Entry | Middle entrant |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor University | Childhood and Youth Studies BA (Hons) | 96 - 120 points | 96–111 |
| University of Bedfordshire | Childhood and Youth Studies BA (Hons) | 96 - 112 points | 96–111 |
| Birmingham Newman University | Early Childhood Studies (with Foundation Year) BA (Hons) | 48 points | under 96 |
| Blackburn College | Early Childhood Studies FdA | 48 points | — |
| Bedford College Group | Child and Family Studies FdA | 32 points | — |
| Activate Learning | Early Years Professional Leadership for England (HTQ) HND | — | — |
| Anglia Ruskin University | Early Childhood Studies (Graduate Practitioner) BA (Hons) | — | 112–127 |
| Barnsley College University Centre | Early Childhood Studies (Top-up) BA (Hons) | — | — |
| Birmingham City University | Early Childhood Studies with Graduate Practitioner Competencies with a Foundation Year this course | — | 96–111 |
| Blackpool and the Fylde College | Children, Families and Education CertHE | — | — |
| University College Birmingham | Childhood and Education Studies (Online) BA (Hons) | — | — |
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